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¡Un Saludo! An Audiovisual Conversation on Movement, Technology, and Memory in Cumbia

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Alexandra Lippman

Cumbia sonidera is Mexico’s bass-heavy, sound-system reinterpretation of music originally emanating from the Colombian northwest. During performances, the sonideros (DJs) mix songs and get on the mic to recite fans’ dedications to people and places. These shout-outs (called saludos) trace … Continue reading →

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¡Un Saludo! Voice, Memory, and Migration in Cumbia Sonidera, A Conversation & Listening

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Alexandra Lippman

If you’re in New York, join me for a conversation and listening with Jace Clayton (DJ /rupture) and Alejandro Aviles (Sonido Kumbala) at Union Docs, a non-profit Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn on December 16th. Cumbia sonidera is Mexico’s bass-heavy, sound-system … Continue reading →

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The Art of Money

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Alexandra Lippman

Re-posted from “Considering Money Stuff” on Socializing Finance. Money is the most commonly circulating art form. At the same time, payment objects are unstable and excessive, frequently transforming their status from money to trash to art (and back again). Argentinian … Continue reading →

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Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Alexandra Lippman

Hot off the press! Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff just came out on MIT Press. I have a piece on dirty dollars as art and trash included in the volume, edited by Bill Maurer and Lana Swartz, … Continue reading →

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David Novak on “The Dubbing of a New Era: Audiocassettes, Open Access and the Dissonances of Digital Democracy”

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Alexandra Lippman

  I am excited for Dave Novak‘s upcoming talk May 26th at UC Davis. I will serve as the discussant for his talk, which is co-sponsored by Science and Technology Studies,  Innovating Communication in Scholarship and Center for Science and … Continue reading →

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Sonic Sensations of Industry and Fandom at VidCon 2015

Posted on March 4, 2016 by M

As a sociologist of work, my main research focuses on workplace experiences and labor/management relations in media industries. This includes service workers and engineers in the music industry as well as YouTube content creators and routine, “analytic” media workers. In … Continue reading →

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Feliz Navidad from San Miguel de Allende!

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Alexandra Lippman

Last night, Christmas Eve San Miguel de Allende reverberated with bells from every direction. The city’s three-hundred or so churches each seemed to have their own, slightly different schedule for ringing in la navidad. The Parroquia, the city’s main parrish church in … Continue reading →

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Standardardizing Species: Listening to, Representing, and Universalizing Bird Sounds in the 20th Century

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Alexandra Lippman

I’m excited for Alexandra Hui’s upcoming talk November 4th at UC Davis and for the chance to act as discussant of her paper. She will be the second invited speaker of our Innovating Communication in Scholarship and Center for Science … Continue reading →

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Fare protest!

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Bee

On December 20th of last year, I made the attached recording at a subway station in Mexico City.  On it, the normal voices of travelers resound a bit more loudly than usual through the expansive above-ground station.  There is shouting … Continue reading →

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Performing the Sound Ethnography Project, Concord

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Alexandra Lippman

I was recently invited to curate and perform the Sound Ethnography Project at Concord, an artist-run gallery and trans-disciplinary collective in Los Angeles, for the opening of their PS 1010: Road Felt exhibition. I selected and mixed fieldrecordings produced by … Continue reading →

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